# Re: Gordon Brown's "Bigot" Comment: News Media, Do Your Job!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 29, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781 "2010-04-29T19:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/21 "2010-05-02T20:02:26Z")

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> [@Sitnam](#):
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> all these Eastern Europeans what are coming in, where are they flocking from?

From Iran. Iran’s so far away.

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**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/22 "2010-05-02T21:48:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Woman]  
You can’t say anything about the immigrants because you’re saying that you’re…  
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This is the beginning of a bigot/racist rant 9 times out of 10, if not more. And the fact that she stopped herself is pretty telling too.

I don’t blame him one bit for his comment.

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**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/23 "2010-05-03T00:49:25Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> But I do find it comforting that calling someone bigoted is a such a big offense over there. Over here, it seems that calling someone racist gets you lots of news coverage, and thus helps you keep your job.

Indeed. I’d love to see the day when a baseless accusation of racism leads to an apology by the _accuser_, rather than the accusee.

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**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/24 "2010-05-03T14:36:03Z")

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It seems to me that’s what happens more often – it’s how it played out here, at least.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/25 "2010-05-03T19:41:32Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> From Iran. Iran’s so far away.

ding!

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-gordon-browns-bigot-comment-news-media-do-your-job/537781/26 "2010-05-03T20:11:28Z")

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It was just the opposite for me. I usually don’t find racism in comments, but I see it everywhere in her statement:

“You’re” not supposed to \<blank\> about immigrants. An us vs. them mentality

“Flocking” like they are sub-human invaders.

I don’t see a thing wrong with what Brown said.

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